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(No Model.)

R. BARNHARD.

' NEGKSGARP.

No. 357,754. Patented Feb. 15, 1887.

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RUBIN BARNHARD, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

NECKSCARF.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 357,754, dated February 15, 1887.

Application filed December 23, 1856. Serial No. 222,364. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, RUBIN BARNHIRD, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, and at present residing in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Scarf, of which the following is a full,

clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved scarf provided with a picture which can be exhibited or screened at will by the wearer.

The invention consists of a scarf provided with an opening in front and a picture held in the back of rthe scarf, and of a screen adapted to be drawn over the picture and to close the saidaperture or opening in the front of the scarf.

The invention also consists of various parts and details and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter, and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding.parts in all the ligures.

Figure l is a iront elevation ol" my improvement with the/screen removed. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same with the back iaps of the scarf open and the picture removed, and Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view ofthe same on the line fr .t in Fig. l.

The scarfA, of any approved shape or form, is provided with the usual means for fastening the scarf to the shirt-collar. In the front part, B, of the scarf is formed an opening, C, and the rear part of the scart` is provided with two iiaps, D and D', adapted to be folded over each other and held in a closed position by a clasp, F, or other suitable means.

rlhe opening C of the scarf is ordinarily closed by a screen, F, hung on two elastic bands, G, secured to the back of the scarf near its upper end, as shown in Fig. 2. The screen Fis provided ou its lower end with a short band, Il, and on the sides of the screen are placed the guides or keepers I, which support in suitable groovesthe picture J, extending across the back of the scarf, behind the screen. The guides I are slightly inclined toward each other at their lower ends, so as to prevent the picture J from dropping out. A pin, K, is placed in the center, below the screen F. rlhe picture can be changed at pleasure by opening the iaps D and D, as shown in Fig. 2, whereby easy access is had to the picture, which can then be removed and replaced by another. It will be seen that the picture is ordinarily hidden from View, as thescreen F is in front of it, but whenever the wearer desires to exhibit the picture he pulls on the band H, so that the screen F slides downward and .the picture appears in the aperture or opening C of the scarf.

The wearer can fasten the screen F in its lower position by attaching it to the pin K. The picture .I is usually mounted on cardboard.

I am aware that a scarf adapted to hold a photograph or similar object in a concealed position, excepting when the wearer desires to expose it to view, is not broadly new, and I therefore do not claim such invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with a scarf`having an opening in its front for exhibiting a picture held in the scarf, of the aps on thercar of the scarf and means for securing the aps together, substantially as herein shown and described;

2. The combination, with a scarf having a front opening and rear naps adapted to be folded over each other and locked in position, ot' a screen adapted to close the said opening, elastic bands fastened to the upper end of the scarf and supporting the said screen, a band attached to the said screen at its lower end, a pin secured to the scarf for holding thesereen in the lower position, inclined guides or keepers secured to the back part of the scarf on each side of the said screen, and a picture held in the said guides or keepers ou the rear part of the screen, substantially as shown and described. Y

RUBIN BARNHARD.

Witnesses:

THEO. G. Hos'rnn, C. Snnewrcu. 

